Show H N N N h I II POLE sI Nations Now Making PreparatIons loran I ExpedItion Under Evelyn B 13 Baldwin n a Probable Russian Ice Crusher Crucher n a Formidable Opponent U Ua a Co Correspondence e ne London lAndon nee Dee the pole seems to u be the new International game Never er before In the hub ot at atthe the th world ot of science have hae such BUch colleen anti and determined measures been taken toward solvIng the problems ot of the northern regions The rep ot of no I less than six na nations lire are no now fitting out expeditions expedition for thin purpose and each hu has resolved that hI flag a shall be the first to spread Its Ita colors to the winds at the earths Imaginary axis tn n American Americana a French Canadian a Norwegian an Italian nobleman II a German and a Itus HUI elan are entered In the race and will willIe vIe Ie with each other In the extent of their magnetic meteorological and anol observations Besides these new expeditIon Peary the n a Swede and II a explorer Stein are already In Inside ld the arctic circle with Andree the boldest of oC them all It If he heIs Is III still alive lJ 13 ot of the UnIted weather bureau the lender leader ot of the American who is II lack back backed lacked ed hi b th the millIonaire baking 1 pow 0 William Zeigler I is how In london lie He Is here tor or the Purpose of oC InspectIng ships and to eon con fr rIth various arloua on con conditions and affairs Mr Ir Baldwin will start northward durin during the latter hatter part of oC next lummer and lie he pas ea s he hn has decided to pr proceed ed b by the 1 C I Land route the Greenland route being covered b by Peary lar and Bald BaldIn Baldwin win In hat has had much experience In exploration and this thill coupled with youth hope determination and nd almost unlimited financial support will make ninke a combination hard to excel lie wu vu with LIeutenant leary In and 1111 Three Thre years N later he hurried to n hoping to to go with the adventurous Andre Andr on his hll balloon Voyage hut returned pointed There was wa no room roon In the wIcker Icker cr car whIch cArried Andree and hi hIs two companions companion into 1010 the unknown Baldwin then worked out a plan ol of his hll own for tor the finding of oC the pole and It ItIs Is II generally believed that lie Is III I on Including with his hie vessel accouter accouterment I ment a gigantic balloon The fhe nulan expedItion under VIce Admiral which I to go on onboard onboard board the Ice breaking steamer Yer tusk promises to be Pry interesting n The side aid ot of the are 15 Urn tunes as al strong al a those thOM of oC the usual corn com steel ship and eh she can steam all as eully II as she Ibe can go 10 ahead Her propellers can call be brought up short against the mOlt moat formidable tion with engInes going att at full Cull speed and not be damaged b by the contact She h has cut hr her way war through solid Ire ice 14 feet thick and through heaped liP up liPor or hummock Ice ot of more than twice that thai Sh She is II SOt feet teet long longwith with three aft find end one for tor forward ward The tore fore Is nD an Amen Amerl CAn Invention which Admiral Makaroff has adopted Its purpose Is II to reduce the resistance of at the lee IJ by sucking Bucking aWRY away the vater underneath It Th The plans plan ot of Admiral for tor rr reaching the thO pole IOle art are based on his ex cx In navigating arctic waters water lie He will enter the region or of perpetual Ice a little to the eastward or of Fran Pran Josef lAnd and Wilt will avoid th Spitz Spitzbergen SpItzbergen bergen region because tb the east Green Onen Greenland land current encountered there carries the Ie Ice over a the cot colt of oC Oreen land and enormously Increases It Its pres presure pressure sure ure fly starting farther eastward the admiral hopes hope II to take advantage ot of the lie current setting toward the pole It I Is also the opinion of oC the admiral that the Ice In this re region lon Is not so 10 thick or not so 0 compressed II as to the westward and he thinks that n as the pole I ls neared progress UI become less and the may be beable able to steam to the pole It If not she he will ret get as near nar all as possible and then thenan an expedition ot of dog sleds will push ahead The tests given ghen the were ot of II a nature calculated to demonstrate just JURt what possibilities her scheme ot of con colt contaIned The Will was completed In March 1859 1818 and wa was irn mediately put at work April 4 ot of that year 1 sh smashed Into the lee Ice of oC the Its Gulf of oC Finland freed six vI vessels 11 that had been held tilt fast for cor a long time and brought them back to St Si Th Three e days dar alter after she found IS 23 other vessels Nel imprisoned behind an Ie ice bank The smashed Into that hank bAnk a as asa a football team assaults sault an opposing rush ruh line opening a channel through which the Ic icebound bound craft ami out A third trip re resulted In setting 11 10 more ships free Cree n a little litter inter she at attacked tacked the Ice packs pack at the mouth o othe of the eR and brought out 50 vessels which hd had been held In the river for tor weeks week The performance surprised and Ind dr do lighted ll the Russian naval r and Admiral Makaroff was congratulated and told toh that all b he lint hAil to lo do w was to set sail lIall for lor the pole poI and nd Its discovery would be hi his The admiral was pleas pleased ed but not hot undulY elated and simply Imply said aid that he would require more nore trials before h he would hi be III So In July 11 h lie took till the farther to th the northward After Atler striking tin nit I Ice off art the northwest coast ot of Spitz Spitzbergen I bergen In latitude SO 10 IIer degrees 10 0 mitt utes north and longitude S 9 degrees degree 10 minutes east he forced Into the thick thickest est elt of at the floes averaging from 10 tolIS to meter In thickness The Yen Yer mAk daunted sailed on as lennel all as If through tropic H seas July 2 G the struck a spur of oC Ice which pierced the LIt under part or of her hull She sprang prang a leak The hole wa was temporarily repaired and the voyage continued In the middle o of August Augut another and more serious arlou s oc 00 occurred The struck hard against a 10 low lying blO block k ot of Ice ICI The Theold Theold old hole bote w was made 1 ler and Au Aug 17 11 the voyage oale was abandoned The Yer Ver male malc was then taken back to St Peters Some American naval are In dined to be doubtful ot of the tho success ut of the undertaking The duet reason relon M as scribed Is Ie thAt lint the Ice breaker wilt will not he be able to carr carry coal enough Cor or the voyage and an attend attending In collier will not be able alile to go 10 far Car enough north to tolie tobe lie be of oC to her Lord the English naval expert I Is Inclined to the belief that the will ultimately be successful In the he undertaking set tet for tor Mr her Ills I Is based solely on what she ahe has hal already done In this splendid attack the Canadian part pitt will be led by Captain a man from hi his youth ho has hili nade the of arctic exploration the hobby ot of his hi life lite lilt Ills preference I Is for a steel teel ship and h estimates the tie cost coat of lr his hll expedition at about Captain Ort first objective point will III Je ii this the New ew Siberian islands The first winter quarters or oC t the he crew will willbe willbe be 00 miles from the Pole Then tier nero nl nier r to slowly to be carried to the pole by the gradual drift ot of the Ice In which his hll vessel will bt be become tom come Im lIe 11 expects to reach this the pole ll only during the third summer ummer ot of hi his expedition The Duke ot of first fint cousin of oC the kill king ot of Italy and anen alisen the wilt tOilet together her led lead an i Into the frozen trolen north All I Ithe the world orld will watch theta them for tur each I Il l is aheAd eminent In this line The I duke duk In hi his ship th the Stehla Iolue ar I within miles ot of th the pole near nearer lr er that than did any explorer nod 23 miles mile nearer than Nausea n had Ion gone the corn com puny will ill start In the race ot of the na nations tlona by way y ot of Land over tile the successful route rout already alread followed lr the duke duket t next years German route no de details tRill tails hAve yet been made public It I Iery Is Isery ery cirtain that characteristic Teu ton thoroughness wilt will mk make o of It n a worthy worth exponent of oC the nation which has hAl many men IDen ot of note In eel ICI tarch The Germans not upen very ven prominent In lC cf the vast t arctic expanse and A era ra In the policy ot of the country will be marked by the sending ol of title this expedition |